Beloved children’s author Eric Carle passed away earlier this week of kidney failure at the age of 91.
A statement released by his family said that he “passed away peacefully and surrounded by family members on May 23, 2021 at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts.”
Carle did not begin to author kids’ books until he was almost 40 years old, but by the end of his life, the illustrator created the artwork and words for more than 70 books including his most famous work “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Since its publication in 1969, 55 million copies of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” have been distributed around the world and translated into more than 70 languages.
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